Weimar Republic

Question 1

How was the Reichstag elected?

Answer 1

Proportional representation

Question 2

Name 2 problems with Democratic Germany and the Weimar Republic

Answer 2

Spartacist Revolt, 1919 (opposition from the left)

Kapp Putsch, 1920 (opposition from the right)

Question 3

Who were the spartacists led by?

Answer 3

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg

Question 4

How did the Weimar Republic/Nazi Germany handle the spartacist revolt?

Answer 4

Used freikorps to crush the revolts

Leaders were assassinated

Question 5

List 2 economical and political problems in Germany during the 1920s

Answer 5

Reparations and the invasion of the Ruhr 1922-1923

Hyperinflation 1923

Question 6

List 3 impacts of hyperinflation

Answer 6

Savings became worthless which caused hardship to the middle class.

Pensioners suffered badly as they were on fixed incomes.

People began to starve as food prices rose.

Question 7

How was the crisis in Weimar Germany resolved?

Answer 7

New government formed by Gustar Stresemann Sept 1923

Created the rentenmark

Called off resistance against the French occupation of the Ruhr by German workers so Germany’s economy began to recover.

Question 8

Who were the supporters of the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 8

German nationalists:

Saw democracy as weak

Were furious with the government for the TofV

Wanted a strong government

Question 9

Describe the event of the Kapp Putsch

Answer 9

Wolfgang Kapp (extreme nationalist) and a group of freikorps seized power in Berlin.

Gave up after 4 days and fled to Berlin so Ebert and the Weimar Government returned to power.